Create multiple columns of text

Unless you want the whole document to be multi-columns, before you create multiple columns insert two ‘Section’ breaks in your document. Later on you can create the multiple columns between the section breaks.

Use the Insert, Break menu to insert a Continuous Section break. Click OK



Move your cursor a few lines down the page and Insert another Section break. (By the way you do not see Section Breaks in the Print Layout View).


Then position you cursor between the two section breaks. To make sure you have the cursor positioned in the correct location you can use the View, Normal menu.
Your page will now look like:



Revert back to View, Print Layout view

Use the Format, Columns menu



Select the number of columns you want to create. Then click OK



Your page should now look like:



Move the cursor beyond the second section break and you should be back to the default single column layout.